Ethically live export needs to end. But while it continues, there can be no justification for completely abandoning certain animals to the risk of abject cruelty on the arbitrary basis that they will give birth in their destination.

Outlaw Horse Slaughter in the United States. Although legislation against horse slaughter in the U.S. has come a long way, horses are still being exported to Mexico and Canada to meet the same fate. We must permanently outlaw horse slaughter and export...

3 sharks are being killed every second so people can use their fins to make shark fin soup. Shark fins are a billion dollar industry. At least 8,000 tones of shark fins are shipped to restaurants around the world.

Between 1998 and 2007, a recent study reports, more than 35 million rare species were exported out of Southeast Asia legally. Of this, at least 30 million were taken from the wild rather than from captive breeding programs

Five years after ceasing live animal exports - during which sheep suffer from hunger, stress, disease and often death - the New Zealand government is considering resuming the live trade to Saudi Arabia. It's a deadly journey that lasts more than 20 days.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia --
The box turtle is disappearing across Malaysia because of increased illegal hunting for its meat and use in traditional Chinese medicine, wildlife activists said Wednesday.
TRAFFIC, a wildlife trade monitoring network, said i

The Solomon Islands banned live dolphin trade in 2003 after a public outcry when dolphins were shipped to Mexico, but unfortunately the export prohibition was later lifted when a new government came to power. The Solomons permitted the transport of 28